Gallaudet University rejects incoming president

Gallaudet University trustees bowed to campus protesters Sunday, voting to fire incoming president Jane Fernandes two months before she was able to take the job.

Demonstrators for nearly a month have disrupted the campus over the selection ofJane Fernandes as the next leader of the country’s premiere liberal arts school for the deaf and hard of hearing. Protesters took over the main classroom building, blocked off entrances, halted classes for several days and marched to the U.S. Capitol. More than 133 protesters were arrested and homecoming was canceled.